#E55962#E55962

#E55962 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.174 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55962
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 98)
HSL	hsl(356, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 54.97, 23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 59.90, 23.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.1639 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.174 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0935, 24.6895, 14.3125)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55962 #59E5DC

analogous

#E559A8 #E55962 #E59659

triadic

#E55962 #62E559 #5962E5

tetradic

#E55962 #A8E559 #59E5DC #9659E5

square

#E55962 #A8E559 #59E5DC #9659E5

split-complementary

#E55962 #59E596 #59A8E5

monochromatic

#A91A24 #DD2430 #E55962 #ED8E94 #F6C3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#E55962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#E55962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55962

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55962	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.174 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e8e',
    500: '#e55962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55962;
$custom-light: #f38e8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64858,
    "c": 0.17395,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55962

secondary

#B3E6E3

accent

#D5C810

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55962

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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